Examples Of Manipulation In Animal Farm By George Orwell

The ways in which language is used to propagate specific images or ideas can have a significant impact on how individuals think. The need for prosperity, a higher standard of living, independence, and individuality are all potential drivers for a revolution. This often causes individuals to have a sensation of needing authority and imbalances. In the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, many of the characters are vulnerable and naïve due to their lack of intelligence, which makes them susceptible to manipulation by the other farm animals. The book illustrates various instances of how the farm and communism are tightly intertwined, as well as how manipulation and propaganda can boost certain individuals overall. Life improves immediately after

The animals have settled in and the pigs are engaging in trade with humans. This is seen when Napoleon says “The hens should welcome this sacrifice as their own special contribution towards the building of the windmill.” (6.19). The idea that the pigs are bringing the concept of money into Animal Farm and using it to trade to get themselves luxuries makes the other animals uncomfortable. The pigs are quite clever, and they trick the other farm animals into believing they are dreaming, and that this concept isn't real. Afterwards, the pigs are seen going into the farmhouse that Mr. Jones once lived in. Although the animals complain, the pigs deceive them into thinking it's okay. This is seen when George Orwell says “Nevertheless, some of the animals were disturbed when they heard that the pigs not only took their meals in the kitchen and used the drawing−room as a recreation room, but also slept in the beds.” (6.20). In the beginning of the revolution, the animals made commandments so that they would never resemble humans. The commandment “No animal shall sleep in a bed” was made, but once the pigs began doing so, they convinced the animals that it was always “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets”. This allowed them to continue what they were doing, while avoiding conflict with the other

In the Animals and Society, it’s noted that “We must consider Animal Farm’s statement “All Animals Are Equal” as reacting to the subjugation of real animals to human interest. Initially, this statement spurred the Animals to overthrow their human master and use their trained skills to produce for themselves. Eventually, the pigs differentiated themselves not as the superior species, but as the most human. At the end of the novel, Orwell erases the line between man and animal that had been so distinctly drawn”. This proves that the other animals are correct when they claim that pigs are nearly impossible to distinguish from humans. This demonstrates how the entire plot has come full circle, in how they were once under the control of Mr. Jones, free, and the farm is now in control once again by the pigs. The line between humans and animals is erased, because they’re so alike that there’s not a distinguishable difference between